Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[GregnLety]

It is still legal to hang a horse thief, wonder what it is legal to do to a chicken thief.

If they'd had tried it at my place I'd sic my dogs on em.

 

[GregnLety]

If they'd had tried it at my place I'd sic my dogs on em.

Survivors would be shot

 

[Ponypoor]

Rico was able to get out of his crate and this morning I found him in the Summer House on the side with my nieces hens. So they are his harem, I am going to take the panels down separating the Summer House and just let them all roam in there. My only worry is with Red and Tuff. Those two are rather fragile, but I will ensure they are not harassed by any of those Randy Roos.

Change of plans re: panels…

Stay tuned!

 

[BY Bob]

@BY Bob @RoyalChick @Ponypoor @everyone

Tina is really doing well Thank you everyone for your help with Tina and Mr.Pusscat

I'm super glad to hear that.

 

[BY Bob]

Thank you. It certainly is. It makes me happy that she died with me holding her, but also terribly sad.

Luckily before she passed, I took Frost out and sat with her on the grass. Poor Eclipse was already gone.

 

[Ponypoor]

View attachment 3603960Pics from last night.View attachment 3603961Still debating names on the 2 light ones. No clues on gender yet, either.

White one: Spark, Ion, Electrode, Lumos?

Marked one: zero ideas yet. I think it's VERY clear that it's NOT from Storm's eggs. Has to be one of the brown eggs. Going to write out thoughts on, see if something shakes out on who laid the egg.

Brown egg layers:
Silver
Pear
Cuckoo: lays giant sized eggs, so not her
Jessica: was broody, so couldn't have laid it
Mera: just finished being broody, not sure if laying again yet.
Nox: lays skinny (longish, narrow) eggs so wrong shape
Primula: lays almost round, creamy toned eggs in corner of coop
Belladonna: lays similar eggs in nest boxes

Leaves Silver or Pear. Light tone of down makes me think could be silver-washed gold, so Silver with either Cheetah or Whiskey? would expect some grey tones in the down from the Colombian coloring, but another mystery. Just ran a Cheetah x Silver through genetics calc: if it's correct, then the extra light tones mean it's a roo. (Pullet would show more orange). If this one is Silver's, I'm delighted. Her genetics need to continue.

Haven't been able to get a good look at combs on any of them. The Whiskey x Storm babies should all be straight comb. Babies are 2 weeks now, so could pop wattles starting next week. Storm still won't let anyone near her babies (good).

I love the barred pattern on the white ones wings - very unusual

 

[BY Bob]

Or we could have Starry Hen by @RoyalChick's Van Pooh.

Now that's funny!

 

[BY Bob]

I went out to get some pictures of the speckled suspects as alex calls them. They did not make it easy as they wanted to hide in the tall grass and weeds next door. Smart on their part as they no longer have their mother watching over them. Difficult for me as I need body shots of them.
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9 weeks old now. Those speckled suspects had better be pullets.

Beautiful!

 

[ChicoryBlue]

View attachment 3603960Pics from last night.View attachment 3603961Still debating names on the 2 light ones. No clues on gender yet, either.

White one: Spark, Ion, Electrode, Lumos?

Marked one: zero ideas yet. I think it's VERY clear that it's NOT from Storm's eggs. Has to be one of the brown eggs. Going to write out thoughts on, see if something shakes out on who laid the egg.

Brown egg layers:
Silver
Pear
Cuckoo: lays giant sized eggs, so not her
Jessica: was broody, so couldn't have laid it
Mera: just finished being broody, not sure if laying again yet.
Nox: lays skinny (longish, narrow) eggs so wrong shape
Primula: lays almost round, creamy toned eggs in corner of coop
Belladonna: lays similar eggs in nest boxes

Leaves Silver or Pear. Light tone of down makes me think could be silver-washed gold, so Silver with either Cheetah or Whiskey? would expect some grey tones in the down from the Colombian coloring, but another mystery. Just ran a Cheetah x Silver through genetics calc: if it's correct, then the extra light tones mean it's a roo. (Pullet would show more orange). If this one is Silver's, I'm delighted. Her genetics need to continue.

Haven't been able to get a good look at combs on any of them. The Whiskey x Storm babies should all be straight comb. Babies are 2 weeks now, so could pop wattles starting next week. Storm still won't let anyone near her babies (good).

How about Light for the white one then? With permission from @lightm .....

 

[Ponypoor]

Found her! Hiding up high - Bob said they love to fly....

Anyways here is the story:

Went to the feed mill this morning, and they have baby chicks - sooooo cute. But I don't need any more chickens ok?

But the owner at the mill told me 'I have ready to lay pullets here - seems the person who ordered them doesn't want them'.

Oh no I don't think so... well what kind? I asked

The owner told me: Red sex-link (oh, no won't get those), and Azur Blues

Darn - my kryptonite I wanted Azurs - but not POL pullets, I wanted chicks. Then I thought, hmmmm, well I won't have any issues selling eggs, oh why not I will get a couple. What's the harm.

So I said: OK I'll take 3 of them

And that is how I ended up with 3 wild as the west wind POL pullets who can really fly! Those Azures are Leghorn crosses so they can really fly well and they have floppy combs and wattles. Mine though look like they are splash, and one even has a topknot.

What I am EXTREMELY displeased with is the beaks on two of them, I don't know if they were cut back incorrectly or if it is cross-beak. But I am really annoyed, as to me if I have 2 out of the 3 with this anomaly then it is likely due to poor breeding factors or environmental factors.

I am glad I bought the poor things, they look a bit ratty but that is likely from transport, and they are scared to death of me, so likely never seen a human before.

Since I wasn't aiming to get any more chickens then I am now scrambling to house the poor wee lasses, but that is minor, their comfort is of the the utmost importance. I was showing them how I picked up and fed Fluffy so they could at least see that I wouldn't murder them. They are in the Summer House, I have no way to quarantine the suckers, so I hope to H E double L they don't carry anything (highly unlikely with the biosecurity on these poultry factories here), or that mine don't have anything to give them!

I am sooooo very glad I bought them and wish I could have bought the other 3 but with me not working at the moment I need to really save my moolah. But I am glad I got to get these three and if they do have cross beak it doesn't seem to be bothering them, and I can deal with filing a beak every so often. I just need to gentle them now, with any wild beast it's a slow process of desensitizing them to me, and showing them that food is always there for them - Is this what chicken math is?



Here is the background for these Azur Blues
https://layinghens.hendrix-genetics.com/en/our-brands/special-layer-breeds/azur/

Topknot girl I will call Topsy (she has a cross beak I think)

The one with the black spotted beak and upright comb will be Turvy

The one with the obvious cross beak I will call Twister (or twisted sister hahaha)

They all look like they will have splash colour pattern.

Bad Kelly.....